Kyle Larson, the heralded 20-year-old driver who won 30 feature races across several racing series last season, will compete full time as a rookie in the Nationwide Series in 2013.

An Earnhardt Ganassi Racing development driver, Larson will have EGR financial support as he competes for Turner Scott Motorsports in the No. 32 car. Turner won three Nationwide races with three different drivers last year — James Buescher, Justin Allgaier and Nelson Piquet Jr.

“I know I have a lot of pressure on me, but I try not to pay attention to it at all,” Larson said. “Racing is what I love. It’s more of a hobby than anything. I just go out and try to do the best I can.”

Larson has been the hottest young driver the last two years and was listed as the top Sprint Cup prospect by The Sporting News going into the 2013 season. He won the USAC Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown divisions all on the same day at Eldora Speedway in 2011.

A driver of Japanese decent, Larson transitioned to stock cars in 2012, winning several races and capturing the K&N Pro Series East title while driving for NASCAR’s diversity program through Rev Racing.

Larson drove in four Camping World Truck Series races for Turner last year with three top-10s, including a second at Phoenix. He led 48 laps in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway before a crash while battling Ty Dillon for second ended his day.

The deal for Larson to drive for Turner is more than a one-year deal, EGR co-owner Chip Ganassi said.

“Kyle has shown an uncanny ability to drive anything that’s been put under him so far,” Ganassi said. “I think he’ll be just fine in Nationwide. … We just feel it was the right year to put him in that series.

“We feel he is certainly capable of it. I don’t think we’re rushing him along.”

Ganassi said he won’t limit Larson’s outside racing but didn’t envision him competing in as many races (123) that he did last year.

There also is no current plan to put Larson in a Cup car this year for EGR, which has struggled in Cup the last couple of years.

“He hasn’t even run a Nationwide race yet, so let’s just go one step at a time here,” Ganassi said about Cup possibilities. “All we’re doing is looking to get him some seat time. Right now, his solid plan for 2014 right now involves Nationwide.”

Trent Owens will be the crew chief for Larson, who will be locked into the Nationwide opener at Daytona thanks to Turner’s owner points from 2012. The Nationwide Series still has the top-30 drivers locked in.

Because he has never competed in a restrictor-plate race, Larson will compete in the ARCA race Feb. 16 at Daytona International Speedway to get approval to run in the Nationwide race the following weekend.